Tag: crime

Woman thwarts teen robber who threatened her with a butter knife at Elmhurst subway station: NYPD

Sep. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry An E train rider was menaced by a teenager on board a scooter as she walked inside an Elmhurst subway station on the night of Thursday, Sept. 7. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 reported that the 44-year-old woman had just come off a Jamaica-bound E train at the Elmhurst Avenue station and was walking on the platform just before 10:30 p.m., when the suspect rode up to her on his scooter. The youngster asked to use her cellphone and the victim refused. The teen proceeded to follow her…
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Mugger robs two women in rapid succession at same Murray Hill intersection: NYPD

Sep. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are on the lookout for a mugger who targeted two women within a minute at the same Murray Hill location in broad daylight on Sunday, Sept. 3. Police say the man first struck at 10:45 a.m. near the intersection of Linden Place and 35th Avenue, a block away from Northern Boulevard, when he approached a 62-year-old woman and pushed her to the ground. He then forcibly removed her wallet, which contained $100 in cash, before fleeing the scene, traveling eastbound on 35th Avenue. The victim did not…
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Man slugged unconscious outside mosque in Long Island City: NYPD

Sep. 13, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a suspect who punched a man unconscious outside a mosque in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City on Friday, Sept. 8. The suspect entered The Islamic Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a mosque located at 37-46 Crescent St. within the 114th Precinct, at… Read more »

Two women attacked, robbed inside their guest room at Queens Village hotel: NYPD

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Sep. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry Two women were menaced and robbed by a BB gun-toting stranger inside their Queens Village hotel room on Sunday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a report of the incident that went down at around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, when the suspect knocked on their guest room door at the Casa Azul Hotel, located at 220-16 Jamaica Ave. A 42-year-old woman opened the door and the assailant forced his way inside the guest room, according to authorities. He proceeded to display a BB gun…
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Teenage gunman sought in broad daylight shooting at the Baisley Park Houses in Springfield Gardens: NYPD

Sep. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenage gunman remains at large after opening fire in broad daylight at the Baisley Park Houses in Springfield Gardens on Friday, Sept. 8. Police from the 113th Precinct are looking for the gunman in the “reckless endangerment” incident that went down just after 3 p.m. in front of 116-80 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, just a block away from the Baisley Pond Park Cricket Pitch, where he pulled out a black handgun. He proceeded to open fire, shooting numerous times in the direction of an unknown intended target, instead striking the back window of…
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